LibGuides: General Business Research: Background Information & Reference Books

Reference Databases

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A reference database useful for accessing scholarly definitions, background and contextual information. Links you to various reference materials and includes a mind map feature that provides a visual of concepts related to your term. Subjects covered include art, biography, business, economics, education, history, literature, music, psychology, religion, and science and technology.
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Proquest’s multi-disciplinary e-book collection. Download or read books online, as well as highlight and take notes in text. Browse by subject option.
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Reference book database. Use to locate reference e-books like encyclopedias and handbooks that provide contextual or explanatory material. Filter by source type, discipline, and search for keywords within texts.

Selected Background Information

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1000 CEOs by Andrew Davidson & DK Publishing Staff
ISBN: 9780756641702
Publication Date: 2009
Definitive biographies that deliver all the essential information on each CEO's career, their highs, lows, management style, vision and distilled wisdom.
The A-Z of Corporate Social Responsibility by Nick Tolhurst; Manfred Pohl; Dirk Matten; Wayne Visser
ISBN: 9780470686508
Publication Date: 2010
Provides an easy-to-use guide to CSR: from general concepts such as sustainability, stakeholder management, business ethics and human rights to more specific topics such as carbon trading, microfinance, biodiversity, the Base of the Pyramid model and globalization.
Business by Jonathan Law; Chris Bartlett; Meredith Belbin
ISBN: 9781408128114
Publication Date: 2011
An international bestseller, BUSINESS: The Ultimate Resource is a one-stop reference and interactive tool covering all aspects of today's world of work. Unique, authoritative, and wide-ranging, it offers practical and strategic advice for anyone doing business today.
Handbook of Organizational Learning and Knowledge Management by Mark Easterby-Smith (Editor); Marjorie A. Lyles (Editor); Mark Easterby-Smith (Editor)
ISBN: 9781119977902
Publication Date: 2011
This volume provides a unique and valuable overview of current thinking about how organizations accumulate 'knowledge' and learn from experience.
QFinance by Bloomsbury Staff
ISBN: 9781849300001
Publication Date: 2009
Authoritative, comprehensive and easy to use, QFinance is the one stop reference for finance professionals worldwide.
The SAGE Encyclopedia of Corporate Reputation by Craig E. Carroll (Editor)
ISBN: 9781483376516
Publication Date: 2016
Comprehensively overviews concepts and techniques for identifying, building, measuring, monitoring, evaluating, maintaining, valuing, living up to and/or changing corporate reputations. Key features include: 300 signed entries are organized in A-to-Z fashion.
The SAGE Handbook of Research Management by Robert Dingwall & Mary Byrne McDonnell
ISBN: 9781446203187
Publication Date: 2015
The Handbook of Research Management is a unique tool and standard work of reference for new research leaders, in any discipline or country, looking for help and inspiration.

Business Dictionaries

The AMA Dictionary of Business and Management by George Thomas Kurian More than 6,000 key business terms, covering a vast range of terminology from all areas of business including management, strategy, finance, human resources, economics, marketing, sales, insurance, and international business.
ISBN: 9780814420287
Publication Date: 2013
Dictionary of Accounting by S. M. H. Collin; Jane Russell; A-and-C Black UK Staff Dictionary of Accounting covers a wide range of topics related to accountancy, including personal finance, investments and company accounts. Ideal for students of accountancy, users without a background in accounting and those working in company accounts departments.
ISBN: 9780713682861
Publication Date: 2007
Dictionary of Economics by C. L. Pass, Leslie Davies , Bryan Lowes Summarizes the theoretical principles behind the science of economics and their application in such areas as competition policy, agricultural policy, fiscal policy and monetary policy.
ISBN: 9780007198108
Publication Date: 2005
Webster's New World Finance and Investment Dictionary by Barbara Etzel Clear, accessible, and cross-referenced explanations of today's most essential financial terms, including vocabulary related to accounting, finance, banks and banking, economics, investing, markets, real estate, and securities.
ISBN: 9781438001401
Publication Date: 2003
Wall Street Words by David L. Scott; Louis Rukeyser (Foreword by) Has 4,500 entries; more than 700 of them newly added to reflect key developments in national and world markets.
ISBN: 9780618176519
Publication Date: 2003
Webster's New World Finance and Investment Dictionary by Barbara J. Etzel This resource gives you cross-referenced explanations of financial terms, including vocabulary related to: Accounting; Finance; Banks and banking; Economics; Investing; and Markets.
ISBN: 9780764526350
Publication Date: 2003